Carol Lin Reporting

War is something that is part of our nature at CNN–war coverage that is. Already, we can feel the steady editorial foot beat toward a major conflict in the Gulf.
Today the British Foreign Secretary accused Iraq of unimaginable human rights abuses and claims that Saddam Hussein has weapons of mass destruction. I want a weapon […]

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Dr Chen called us and asked us to come in today. It’s a day before our appointment to get the catscan results. That alone told us we were not getting good news.
She brought us in to an exam room. Will was sitting to my left. I waddled and fell in to a chair. My feet […]

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We are so relieved. Dr. Amy Chen says it’s just in the gum. She’s getting a cat-scan to see the entire area around the cancerous gum just to be sure.
Yeah, it’s cancer, but she can cut it out. I know. That sounds gross and insensitive. She told us Will would have to get a prosthetic. […]

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It’s been two hours. Sanjay called back. We have an appointment with a Dr. Chen tomorrow. I’m sure she’ll tell us it’s not such a big deal . The cancer is called “squamous cell carcinoma” It’s in his gum. Will’s been complaining for months about a toothache. The dentist thought his molar was infected. Will’s […]

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Today was so sunny and breezy. Perfect really. My last perfect moment. Sitting with Leslie at a burger joint in Little Five Points (Atlanta, if I can’t remember later). She’s showing me her wedding pictures. I was thinking it was funny that the photographer captured her veil blowing this way and that, while we chose […]

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